EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #27

Two surprises await you in today's podcast. The first is our interview with Ben Goldacre, which is definitely not an April Fools joke. The second is, well, our April Fools joke! Try to guess what it may be, as our host Jon Manning guides us through stories about gender-confused chicken, clean energy, unethical behaviour in the dark, all-yellow bees, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the mostly-real collection of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspapers over the past couple of weeks.

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What's in today's show:-



News:

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  Reindeer can Silence their Internal Clocks


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  More Scottish Wave Power Coverage


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  We Know Who You Are (from the Bacteria on your Hands)


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  Red Spot on Jupiter still a Mystery


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  Stressed Men Fancy Women who Look Different

Correspondent Reports:

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  Scientists Solve Half-Cock Chicken Mystery


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  Crystals + Sound + Water = Clean Hydrogen Fuel and Stealing our Power from Photosynthesis


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  Darkness Encourages Unethical Behaviour


• Scientists Create World's First All-Yellow Bumble Bee

Feature:

Alex Sinclair interviews Ben Goldacre, Bad Science blogger and Guardian science columnist.

EU-What?!

• We knew it: large men become more agressive when they're drunk.

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